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Table 4 Numbers and proportions of children vaccinated against JE during school-based and community-based catch-up campaigns in 2017 in Myanmar for the whole country and by ecological region

From: The burden of Japanese encephalitis, the catch-up vaccination campaign, and health service providers’ perceptions in Myanmar: 2012–2017

Ecological region of Myanmar

Children eligible for JE vaccinationa, n

All children vaccinated, n (%)b

Children vaccinated during school-based campaigns, n (%)c

Children vaccinated during community-based campaigns, n (%)c

Whole country

13,783,983

12,584,351 (92)

8,157,502 (65)

4,426,849 (35)

Delta and lowland

5,749,759

5,381,590 (94)

3,502,303 (65)

1,879,287 (35)

Plains

4,259,661

4,027,788 (95)

2,736,234 (68)

1,291,554 (32)

Hills

2,466,304

2,075,633 (84)

1,203,625 (58)

872,008 (42)

Coastal

1,308,260

1,099,340 (84)

715,340 (65)

384,000 (35)

  1. Source: Expanded Program on Immunization, Myanmar
  2. JE Japanese encephalitis
  3. aChildren between 9 months to 15 years of age eligible for JE vaccination
  4. bPercentage of children eligible for JE vaccination
  5. cPercentage of all children vaccinated